page_title: Paraflabellina funeka
section_title: Description
hierarchical_section_title: Paraflabellina funeka / Description
caption_attribution_description: English: A photograph of the white morph of the purple lady nudibranch Flabellina funeka taken in False Bay, off the Cape Peninsula on the wreck of the Pietermaritzburg in 18m of water using a Nikonos V camera
context_page_description: The purple lady nudibranch, Paraflabellina funeka, is a species of aeolid nudibranch, and is a very colourful sea slug. It is a marine gastropod mollusc in the family Flabellinidae.
context_section_description: The purple lady is a slender purple-bodied aeolid with red cerata having white tips. It is usually smaller than 45 mm. It has annulate purple rhinophores with pale tips. It has a pair of pale-tipped oral tentacles which are shorter than the rhinophores. It may also be seen in a white-bodied form, but the red cerata and annulate rhinophores are distinctive.
caption: The white-bodied form of the purple lady nudibranch
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